200 fs soliton pulse generation at 10 GHz through nonlinear compression of transform-limited pulses from an electroabsorption modulator

Abstract
Nonlinear adiabatic compression of transform-limited ~5 ps pulses generated by a chirp-compensated electroabsorption modulator operating at 10 GHz is demonstrated using dispersion-decreasing fibre. 200 fs soliton pulses are generated with no pedestal component.